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Photos of the Week (06/12/11)

Posted by Kevin Fischer on June 12, 2011

Photos of the Week

1) A member of the media walks along a road covered with ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near the Cardenal Samore border pass between Argentina and Chile, June 7. The volcano, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. Ivan Alvarado / Reuters


2) In this combo of two photos, a ship swept away by tsunami lies among other debris March 12, left, while a man on a bicycle pedals past a pedestrian on the same road June 4 in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan marks three month since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami Saturday, June 11. AP photo.


3) A wild Indian elephant, with a tranquilizer dart in its side, brushes past a car as it causes panic on a street in Mysore, India on June 8. AFP - Getty Images


4) New Zealanders were mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep Tuesday, a shaggy national icon named Shrek who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years. Shrek the merino sheep is photographed before he has his fleece shorn at the Golden Gate Lodge in Cromwell, New Zealand, in this April 28, 2004 file photo. Ross Land, AP file photo.


5) Sharon Deming, of Vancouver, Wash., photographs a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Allure of the Automobile exhibit Friday, June, 10 at the Portland Art Museum, in Portland, Ore. The Allure of the Automobile examines the golden age of automotive design by celebrating some of the world's finest cars from the 1930s to the early 1960s. During this era of brilliantly designed automobiles, engineering combined with artistry and craftsmanship to produce objects of unparalleled beauty.Rick Bowmer / AP


6) Exterior of a house in Mutenice, a small town in the South Moravian wine region about 145 miles southeast of the Czech capital Prague, decorated with 180,000 wine corks, June 1. Michal Cizek / AFP - Getty Images


7) An art installation of a melting fan sits on display in a subway station Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Atlanta. Sweltering temperatures across half the country had people doing what they could to stay cool Thursday. While relief was in sight after one more day of misery in the Northeast, the South was forecast to stay hotter than usual at least through the end of the week. (AP Photo/David Goldman)


8) Five time Olympic Swimmer Mark Foster holds the London 2012 Olympic Torch during a photo call to launch the Lloyds TSB London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer Nomination campaign on June 9, 2011 in London, England. The 70-day Olympic Torch Relay will take the Olympic Flame on an 8,000 mile journey across the UK before arriving at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony. Nominate someone who's made a difference in your community at www.lloydstsb.com/carrytheflame (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)


9) Fan Frank Perez attends Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks on June 7. Mark Humphrey / AP


10) A new series of unpublished images has been unveiled in London. Photographer Mike Mitchell shot the images when he was 18 years old, and have been sitting in his basement collecting dust for 40 years. The collection is comprised of 50 lots of unpublished and never-before-seen photographs of the Beatles' first visits to the US in 1964. The Beatles stand with their backs to the camera in 1964. Paul McCartney, left, and John Lennon in 1964. The works were unveiled on Friday, June 10 at Christie's auction house in London, Britain and will go up for auction in New York on July 20. Photos: Mike Mitchell / Christie's via EPA